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As stipulated in the Administrative Plan, the review panel will use the following criteria but will not be limited to these criteria in their evaluation: • Experience as an owner in the tenant -based voucher program and owner compliance with the owner's obligations under the tenant -based program; • Extent to which the project furthers SAHA's goal of de- concentrating poverty and expanding housing and economic opportunities; • If applicable, extent to which services for special populations are provided on site or in the immediate area for occupants of the property; and • Extent to which units are occupied by families that are eligible to participate in the PBV program. Site Selection Standards It is SAHA's goal to select sites for PBV housing that provide for deconcentrating poverty and expanding housing and economic opportunities. In complying with this goal SAHA will limit approval of sites for PBV housing in census tracts that have poverty concentrations of 20 percent or less. However, SAHA will grant exceptions to the 20 percent standard where SAHA determines that the PBV assistance will complement other local redevelopment activities designed to deconcentrate poverty and expand housing and economic opportunities in census tracts with poverty concentrations greater than 20 percent, such as sites in: • A census tract in which the proposed PBV development will be located in a HUD - designated Enterprise Zone, Economic Community, or Renewal Community; • A census tract in which the proposed PBV development will be located is undergoing significant revitalization as a result of state, local, or federal dollars invested in the area; • A census tract where new market rate units are being developed where such market rate units will positively impact the poverty rate in the area; • A census tract where there has been an overall decline in the poverty rate within the past five years; or • A census tract where there are meaningful opportunities for educational and economic advancement. Existing and Rehabilitated Housing Site and Neighborhood Standards SAHA may not enter into an agreement to enter into a HAP Contract nor enter into a HAP Contract for rehabilitated housing until it has determined that the site complies with the HUD required site and neighborhood standards. The site must: • Be adequate in size, exposure, and contour to accommodate the number and type of units proposed; • Have adequate utilities and streets available to service the site; • Promote a greater choice of housing opportunities and avoid undue concentration of assisted persons in areas containing a high proportion of low- income persons; • Be accessible to social, recreational, educational, commercial, and health facilities and services and other municipal facilities and services equivalent to those found in neighborhoods consisting largely of unassisted similar units; and • Be located so that travel time and cost via public transportation or private automobile from the neighborhood to places of employment is not excessive. Subsidy Layering Analysis Requirement Under the federal regulations, SAHA cannot enter into a PBV HAP Contract or AHAP Contract for new construction or rehabilitation projects until a subsidy layering analysis has been completed. Under current HUD procedures, this analysis will be prepared by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC) for projects selected to receive a tax credit reservation. For projects that SAHA has approved to receive PBVs but will not receive tax credits, SAHA will City of Santa Ana Community Development Agency Request for Proposals for Affordable Housing Development r11 1b7